Samsung Galaxy S6 wins another blind camera comparison, LG G4 is close second

posted by Nick T. / Jul 21, 2015, 7:40 AM

Which phone is better at taking photos – the LG G4 or the Samsung Galaxy S6? Giving a clear answer to this question can be quite a challenge, especially when both smartphones' cameras shoot great photos and videos. We can, however, find out which of the two phones' photos our readers like better; it is time to take a look at the results from our latest blind camera comparison.

Long story short, both phones performed really well in our comparison, but the Samsung Galaxy S6 came on top with a small lead. It won in three of the scenes our readers voted on, while the LG G4 topped only two of them. But overall, it is pretty clear that both devices are great shooters. The only time we saw a striking difference in image quality was in our night scene, where the LG G4 preserved better details and had more accurate colors in its photo.

But we won't go into detailed image analysis just yet. We'll do that in a separate post after including another batch of side-by-side images taken with the Galaxy S6 and the LG G4. Until then, feel free to take another look at the images we compared last week and tell us what you think in the comments!

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 8:04 AM 3

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posted on Jul 22, 2015, 8:44 AM 0

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The f0.1 doesn't make that much difference. It's mostly due to the sensor and whitebalaance that makes images taken by S6 inferior in this case. Would be interesting to see images taken by S6 with the isocell sensor for the same scenario.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 7:47 AM 0

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posted on Jul 21, 2015, 7:50 AM 15

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Yes, that is the only photo where there was a definitive victory. The other shots were mostly toss up and can easily be corrected with some post processing. The colors on the LG seem more accurate for sure, Samsung photos exhibited higher contrast / dynamic range which appears to be some sort of software algorithm running that's causing that. I don't have either of these phones but can they take raw photos? If you really want to do a proper comparison of how the cameras are behaving on these devices you need that.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 7:57 AM 2

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posted on Jul 21, 2015, 8:00 AM 4

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overall both phones are great camera phones, and you cant go wrong with either. the S6 has better close up shots, and the G4 better night time shots.otherwise, i'd say they come pretty close to each other. stellar shooters on both phones

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